Write an opinion article in which you discuss your opinion on the differences between the language used by men and women

Have you ever been speaking to the opposite sex and not understood what they are saying? Yeah, well there’s a reason for that…

As you may have noticed, men tend to butt in more during conversation. This is due to the constant need to boost their ego and become centre of attention. Whereas us girls are more willing to sit back and listen to our friend having a gossip. According to fastcompany.com , 50% of women surveyed said they usually don't feel included in business social events, casual meetings or conversations. On the other hand 90% of men felt women had equal opportunities and didn't feel they excluded women. Seems like us women need to speak up more!

Stereotypically women are more 'chatty', which is why they tend to use more discourse markers. Pretty much we like to babble on whereas men like to get straight to the point. An example would be saying 'right' before we attempt to do anything productive or organised.

Although women may disagree, it is said that they tend to use more interrogative language. In men's terms this could mean 'nagging'. More or less it means asking questions frequently, whereas men would rather use imperative language to discuss only the most important topics.

Interestingly, you may not have noticed that women tend to use more descriptive words when stating colours. For example terms such as 'violet' or 'khaki'. Its not very often you hear a man say that he has 'chestnut' colour hair is it?

In case you have ever heard of 'Robin Lakoff', which you probably haven't, there is actually a theory to describe many of the ways that women speak. You may relate...

1. We tend to turn an instruction into a question. e.g. 'OMG we are defo going to that concert, aren't we?'
2. To show we are listening we feel the need to say 'mmm' and 'yeah' for some bizarre reason.
3. Apparently we use 'empty adjectives' a lot? But how else would we describe to the nail technician what shade of red nail varnish Kim Kardashian was wearing at the Grammys?! - so iconic.